It's called a "batea". A tray where people in Galicia raise mussels. The first stage will be a Team Time Trial in "Villanova de Arousa" a beautiful place with a lot of beaches you could watch in Vuelta 2012.

It's called a "batea". A tray where people in Galicia raise mussels. The first stage will be a Team Time Trial in "Villanova de Arousa" a beautiful place with a lot of beaches you could watch in Vuelta 2012.

It's planned another stage in Galicia with this final:

"Faro de Finisterre".

So we´re starting of the unipublic way? As long as they don't overdo it i'm okay with it. The uphill finish lookst truly stunning

Red Rick wrote:So we´re starting of the unipublic way? As long as they don't overdo it i'm okay with it. The uphill finish lookst truly stunning

It's also not stupendously Unipublictastic either, if they actually finish at the spot in the image the last kilometre or so will be relatively flat, after a two-stepped climb which gets pretty steep at times. Nevertheless, it's only 120m up or so. This is likely to be more Cauberg than Ézaro.

Of course, now I've said that they'll asphalt a parking place up at the top of the hill and add some sections of 20%+ up there.

Looks like a good chance for Phil, Valverde or Sagan to snatch the leaders jersey for the first week.

Sad to hear there will be another TTT start though. I prefer a real stage or a prologue to kick things off...

Ryo Hazuki wrote:horrible. boonen just the same guy as years before and this course is too hard for him. that's why he rode like a coward there were at least 3 guys stronger than boonen today and none of them won: sagan, ballan, pozzato

The Hitch wrote:Goss will woop boonens candy a[color="Black"]ss[/color] in a sprint he cares about, any day of the week

please for the love of a god a downhill finish after ancares after multiple mountains at least the queen stage to have a good connection btw climbs so the second tier riders have better chances to attack from far away lighting up the race.

No excuse logistics worth. The organization of the Tour is ready to put all eggs in one basket so that the output of the next edition of the Spanish race is inscribed in the retina of all recreational cyclists.

The announcement that the team time to start the 2013 Tour will start from a tray, located in the sea off the port of Vilanova de Arousa, some questions left open by the technical difficulty involved. But the organization has already taken into account the obstacles with which you can visit this innovation, and seems to have tied all fringes to ensure that everything goes as planned.

The pan will be connected to the port via a walkway leading to onshore cyclists. But the inability of this gateway to be used by the teams still head to the exit ramp that meshes require a second access road to the pan.

The solution chosen for this will be another innovation. The nine riders from each team will arrive by boat to the point just before the stage start. Normally, in the time trials of these features, the brackets taken out every two or three minutes. Therefore, during the development stage, the transfer of cyclists from the port to the pan will be an incentive to attract the attention of fans.

Another challenge that will have to overcome the organization to match the pan to the needs of cyclists is to make it a flat surface, without gaps, which should be placed on the exit ramp. But this aspect has been taken into account. To prevent this adaptation distort the image of the pan, place a large transparent acrylic platform, which will allow you see the look of it.

With all this, the main logistical difficulties involved an innovation like this seem to eliminate with, achieving the objective of linking the output from the Rias Baixas with the sea and the seafood sector. And to reinforce the attractiveness of the area for nautical tourism, is also scheduled to punt is surrounded by numerous boats to offer an idyllic image of the coast of Pontevedra.

The arrival, still unconfirmed

What still remains unconfirmed is the place to be located the goal of the trial. Since the council several options being considered with the intent that does not mar the spectacular arrival you will check out.

Given that the stage will be between 20 and 30 kilometers, and has already been announced that will pass the Fefiñáns Praza Cambados, beaches and Silgar Lanzada in Sanxenxo, have the potential to host the goal. However, other locations such as O Grove, Vilagarcía or even Cambados, could be finally chosen for arrival.

The 2013 Tour of Spain itself will return to SpainThe summit finishes again be the bet: over half

Juan Gutiérrez | 22/10/2012

The route of the 2013 Tour of Spain itself will return to Spain. It's not just a play on words. After the uniqueness of the 2012 edition, which was played entirely by the North (Madrid was the southernmost point), the organizers are designing a layout that will practically full circle to mainland (with a foray into Andorra), between August 24 and September 15.

According to AS could know, and waiting for the tour is finished defining the sequence (see map) would be roughly as follows: Galicia, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Andalusia, Valencia, Catalonia, Andorra, Aragon, another Once Castilla y León, Cantabria and / or Asturias, and final transfer to Madrid.

We split. The Tour of Spain will start from Galicia, the Rias Baixas. The first stage will be a team time, somewhat longer than usual: about 27 miles. The originality is to start from a trough (the raised platform where the mussels) in the port of Vilanova de Arousa. They want to get the visual effect on TV that cyclists roll over the sea.

During his tour of Galicia, the Tour plans one of its highlights: a demanding final Fisterra pending, after passing through the viewpoint of Ézaro (goal this year). The slopes again be one of the hallmarks of the route: there will be some new, as it is being played in Cáceres, and other classic and, as would be the pioneer Valdepeñas de Jaén (still unconfirmed), which is also being studied the creation of a museum dedicated to cycling.

Between hills and ports, will summit finishes of the decade (more than half of the stages), with only one individual time trial. The formula worked this 2012, and the Tour wants to repeat the experience.

South Mountains.

Unlike last year, there will be one or two arrivals after the descent of a port: one after the Collado de las Sabinillas (in Sierra Nevada, Granada). Among the goals up to receive his baptism in 2013 is the Tour Peñas Blancas in Estepona. The first weekend will already have a strong portion of the South Mountain.

From Andalusia, the Tour of Spain move up the Levant up to the Pyrenees. In the last week will return to the Cantabrian coast. There will be goals at a port in Cantabria and / or Asturias, where it will drop later in a move to Madrid.

It is still early to talk about participation, even if you know the intention of Purito Rodriguez, while the Sky that Wiggins then meditates in 2013 Giro and Vuelta, Tour to reserve Chris Froome.Other details

Ponferrada. After confirmation of the 2014 World Cup, one of the stages of the Tour would be provided on the tournament circuit.

Presentation. The 2013 tour will be presented on Dec. 12 or Jan. 9 in the province of Pontevedra.

Canary expected. Going through Canaries finally dismissed in 2013, but already works for inclusion in 2014.

Holland. The withdrawal of sponsorship of their teams Rabobank intended not cool Emmen (Drenthe) to host the start of the Vuelta in 2015.